A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
NORTON, a village and a township in Campsall parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands adjacent to the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, 8¼ miles N of Doncaster: and has a station on the railway . The township comprises 2, 830 acres. Real property, £3, 300. Pop., 633. Houses, 144. The manor belongs to Catherine Hall, Cambridge. A priory anciently was here; and the remains of it have been converted into two farm-houses and a few cottages. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and some small charities.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Campsall AP/CP Norton CP/Tn Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Norton |
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